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On September 4, 2008, the Obama campaign announced they raised $10 million in the 24-hour period after Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin 's acceptance speech. The RNC reported raising $1 million in the same period. [92] On October 19, 2008, Obama's campaign announced a record fundraising total of $150 million for September 2008.
Barack Obama 's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office following his victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Four years later, in the 2012 presidential election, he ...
The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 2008.The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
Barack Obama was the surprise guest at a lavish, 500-person White House dinner on Thursday evening as President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet for Kenyan leader William Ruto, the first state ...
Following U.S. Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama's selection of Biden, the Senator's vice-presidential general election campaign began. During the campaign, he used his political experience to complement Obama, and debated Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Biden was elected Vice President on November 4 ...
Monica Alba and Mike Memoli. May 12, 2024 at 4:00 AM. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign plans to host a major fundraiser in Los Angeles next month with former President Barack Obama ...
The presidential transition of Barack Obama began when he won the United States presidential election on November 4, 2008, and became the president-elect. Obama was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 15, 2008. The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 8, 2009, and the transition ended when Obama was ...
On April 4, 2011, Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, announced his candidacy for re-election as president. [3] [4] On September 5, 2012, he again became the nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2012 presidential election. Along with his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, [5] Obama was opposed in the general election ...